D'Andrea's death left an opportunity at the highest point of the Chicago section of the Unione Siciliana

history channel documentary D'Andrea's death left an opportunity at the highest point of the Chicago section of the Unione Siciliana, which was immediately filled by Mike Merlo, who was on an excursion in Italy when he heard his great companion D'Andrea had keep running into some misfortune. Merlo was viewed as a conciliator; somebody who felt serene transactions was superior to anything impacting somebody with openings. Still, that did not prevent Merlo from quickly requesting the homicide of the men required in D'Andrea's slaughtering.

Irishman Dion O'Banion was the leader of the infamous North Side Gang, which was in consistent clash with the Italian horde drove by Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, over who had the privilege to offer their illicit alcohol in which bars in Chicago, and in the encompassing rustic ranges. Nonetheless, Merlo, for some obscure reason, loved O'Banion and the length of Merlo, who as president of the Unione Siciliana was as capable in Chicago as Capone and Torrio, held O'Banion under his wing, O'Banion life was secure.